Lyceum school to win by 7 wickets
2024.01.21
Today, at the Inter-School First Class Cricket Tournament run by the Sri Lanka School Cricket Association, Wattala Lyceum College became victorious by a margin of seven wickets.
Panadura St. John’s College and Wattala Lyceum International School began their match yesterday (20). At the conclusion of the first double innings, St. John’s College had earned a first innings victory with a lead of 43 points. They could only muster 114 runs in their second innings, though.
In order to win the game, the Lyceum players were assigned a target of 158 runs, which they were able to chase down with just three wickets lost. Omalka Hapuarachchi, Lyceum College’s opening batsman, made 89 fast runs in support of this. During his flawless 90-ball inning, he hit 10 fours and one six.
Panadura St. John’s College – 175/10 (67.2)
Deneth Peiris 46, Nuwan Bologna 44, Shavindu Silva 4/43, Vidunsha Wijeratne 3/15 & 114/10 (46.2) Sandun Mendis 47, Dinev Punchiheva 3/14 Teekshana Maduravala 2/ 15
Wattala Lyceum College – 132/10 (57.4)
Shavindu Silva 23, Madusha Mendis 3/37, Charinu Fernando 3/16 & 163/3 (27.1) Omalka Hapuarachchi 89, Tarusha Ranasinghe 23, Charinu Fernando 1/13.
In the meanwhile, a two-day traditional match between St. Sylvester Vidyalaya in Kandy and Zahira Vidyalaya in Colombo began today. Ismat Sayan struck a half-century for Zahira Vidyalaya, while Nimesha Silva managed to show off a five-wicket effort for Sylvester Vidyalaya.
Zahira College, Colombo – 228/10 (69.1)
Ismat Sayan 82, Abdul Rahman 29, Nimesha Silva 5/55, Akila Wickramasinghe 3/65
Kandy St Sylvester’s College – 69/3 (28)
Arusha Jayasinghe 25, Tarusha Navodya 2/14
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